Signaling device for automobiles.



R. F. DARROW. SIGNALING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED AUG. I3, I915.

1,175,051. Patented Mar. 14,191

Q ROBERT E. nermow, oFJEAsT CHICAGO, INDIANA;

Application filed enga e 1a, 1915. Serial No. 45,394.

TGfl w m7 tmdy concemq I II he i knownthat LsRonl'inr'R-Dnnnow, a'

citizen of the United States, .resid -in' at: East Chicago, in the county of Lake, I tate 5 of Indiana; have invented certain new and uheful Improvements in Signaling Devices for'Automobiles; and If'do; hereby declare; .2the,.foll'o'win' "to be a; full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable. others skilled in the art to'which it appertains' to make and use the same.

thehands from thesteering'wheel.

'mobi'le Without necessitating removing or parent from the following description. when. taken 'n. connectionv with-the I accompanying.

drawing.-'

" -'In the drawing Fi ure 1 is a. rear elevation of .an' autom'obie equipped with I my" signalingdevice. Fig. 2 an enlarged horizontal section .on-the line 2- '2 of Fig. I I I I I "*cuttherethrough. ThlS 1s to permit the light 3-13 of Fig. 2, .and- Fig. 4. is a longitudinal 1, Fig.n.3 is-atrans'verse' section on the line --sectio'n on theiinefk-fiof Fig. 2. I 5 Referring-particularly to the accompany.

ing'drawing, 10' represents a casing which is secured to the rear of. the body of. the automobile 11. Formed-in the rear wall of the casing-and in the upper right hand portion thereof is an opening 12' in which is secured -10. suitable transparent element- 13,and behind which is mounted-an electric lamp '14; Disposed in the casing below the opening 12 are a plurality of plates 15, one of which is proyided Qwith'the =word"".St0p wh le the -others arepliovided with arrows'pointing to ,the'rig'htand, left respectively; Extending transversely in the casing, below the inner end of the opening 12 isawalll6 mPWhI Ch there: 'are formed apluralityof verticalslots ,17, and i n ;these' -:.slots fare piyotallyg nounted the armature bars-.1 8 f of Jthe.-electroma'g nets .ofl-whichwill appear lateri Extend- Specification of Letters Patent.

Another: object is to providea de i'cef-of Other objects and'advantages-will be upper portiorifof 'the casing-and. carryl grooved wheels wlectrgma rmounted in :the .eawg, pivo d armatimes+ fsrGnALme ZbE VICE on .AUTQMOIIBIILES.

- Patented-Mar. 14, 1916. l

a of the 'casingare theshafts 21 and 22. A

third shaft 23 disposed transversely in the upper" portion of thecasing. at a point.

adjacentfthe upperinner corner of the open- '1 n g l2.' Each of these. shafts is provided with a'number' of grooved Wheels 24 equal to the number of armature bars 1.8. Connected to'the upper. and outereorners of the plates-15 are thewires25which-extended upwardly over. the pulleys of the shaft 22 and extend in a direction toward the shaft 23, where they are.connect'e d to. the.upperp ends o;f.-siln' ilar wires QdcOnn ecte'd" to the upper lnrier' cerners of the plates 15-. ,The

wires 25 extend 'over the wheels" o f the shaft :21 and downwardly under-ant. grooved 0 wheels 20 from, whence they extend upwardly and are securedto 'atransverse stationary. =bar27. It will. thus-be seen that '15- when any oneof these armature bars isat I tracted by-itsmagnetthe wheel20'will draw on one'of the wires-.25-and exert' a pullon the outer endof the attached plate 15 and.

on the inner end of the plate. of the wire 26in T so that the proper. plate will'lbe raised into position behind the opening 12. It will of oursebe understood that these plates 15 are transparent I .or semi-transparent with the ,words formed in solid 'black thereon or, the fso: plates, may be in the form of stencils, that is metal plates with the letters of tl1e ,words from the lamp 14:. to illuminate thefiplate andthe word thereon so that itv can be seen at a proper distance from the rear of'thevehicle.

The electromagnets 1 9 are all in the .battery orv magneto circuit I of the automobile,

and each one is "connected with a circuit closing push button carried by thesteering wheel ofthe automobile. Thus by the simple pressure on one of the buttons, one of the'electromagnets will be energized to' draw.

. one of the arms 18 downwardly and operate.,10o

ing 'a -casing having. a sight opening in the 10:: rear wall]ther eof,' .-a' plurality" of signal platesdisposed within the-casingbelow the opening,- transverse .shaft'smounted. in the niovable toward iandeway' from the:

devices 11 0 "by the ends of the armatures, and flexible tux-es,

magnetic devices, grooved wheels carried ture, in the presence of two witnesses. eiements connected at then ends respectwely In testimony whereof, I a flix my s'i'gnato the-signal plates and casing and. having ROBERT R W' their lntermedlate portions engaging the Witnesses: grooved Wheels of the shafts and the arma-L GEORGE W. DAnnow, FRANK C. OTT. 

